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Pacific Institute for Advanced Dental Ed. - Advanced 2

Vancouver,
Canada :
10.02.2017

One of the fundamental principles in oral rehabilitation is the fact that the posterior dentition plays a vital role in support and protection of the anterior teeth. As a result, satisfactory and predictable procedures to maintain or re-establish posterior dental support is absolutely essential to the long-term health and stability of the dental system specifically and the stomatognathic system in general. With the loss of maxillary posterior teeth, the pneumatization of the maxillary sinus into the alveolar process will completely eliminates the available bone to support dental implants. This course describes the options available to the surgical clinician in managing all aspects of vertical bone grafting in the maxillary sinus for the purpose of placing dental implants in or around the area of that sinus. These include vertically placed implants for the localized rehabilitation for the maxillary posterior teeth as well as management of the maxillary sinus for “tilted” posterior implants and “zygomatic” implants. Emphasis will be given to the diagnosis of antral pathology and the procedures required to both minimize and manage complications of these graft surgeries. One-on-one hands-on surgical instruction is available to those doctors wishing to bring patients to this course. Auditing doctors will be able to observe these surgeries and be able to participate as surgical assistants from time to time. A demonstration surgery will be viewable by all participants during this course.

Objectives

• To understand the surgical requirements and receive hands-on clinical instruction for various techniques for indirect sinus grafting, advanced principles of bone grafting surgery and clinical procedures for direct sinus elevation graft surgery• The role the posterior dentition plays in supporting of the anterior teeth• How to establish and maintain posterior dental support• Repercussions of losing maxillary posterior teeth and its impact on the bone• Management of the maxillary sinus for “tilted” posterior and “zygomatic” implants• How to minimize and manage complication in sinus graft surgeries

Dr. Birdi received his dental degree from the University of Saskatchewan and his post-graduate specialty training in both periodontics and prosthodontics from the University of Minnesota. He is a Fellow and Examiner for the Royal College of Dentists of Canada and a Diplomate of both the American Bo ...

Dr. Zokol is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral Implantology/Implant Dentistry and of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. He holds Fellowships in the American Academy of Implant Dentistry, the American College of Dentists, and the Academy of Dentistry International. He has ov ...